Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-15
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


Children's note paper at Dormans.
Rents collected promptly at H P. Hoadleys
Yale races at Saltonstall Lake tLis after
noon.
About two hundred vessels registered at
the custom house in Bridgeport as hailing
from that port.
The funeral services of Rev. DR.. Burton, of
Hartford, take place Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Park church.
The Consolidated management contem-
plates building track tanks, from which en-
Rines can take water while in motion.
Mr.. J. B. Underwood will conduct the
union teachers meeting at the Center church
chapel this evening'as usual All the Sun
day school teachers invited.
The railroad brakemen of Bridgeport hold
a meeting in Jefferson Hall, that city, on
Sunday at 2 o'clock for the purpose of organ
izinz branch division of the Brotherhood
of Brakemen.
On Wednesday evening, at the home of
the bride in Milford, Miss Lima, daughter of
Deacon Richard Plat, was united in the holy
bonds of wedlock to Mr.. John Tomlinson,
Rev. N NJ. Calhoun officiating.
The eldest daughter of Rev. James P.
Hoyt, pastor of the Congregational church
in Newtown, died Thursday night. She has
been in poor health for several weeks. The
funeral will be in Newtown tomorrow.
Higganum and Haddam were excited yes
terday. The Higganum depot was broken
into, but nothing valuable was taken, while
the Haddam postoffice was broken into, the
safe blown open and 5000 in stamps and cash
stolen.
The delegation of New Haven Red Men
which left here for Westfeld yesterday were
Joined at Hartford by about forty more from
that city and at Springfield by fifty more.
They returned on the Springfield owl this
morning.
Rev. David c. Comstock, Yale 1880 and a
tutor at Yale in 1882, died in New York yes
terday. His first pastorate was at Redding,
Conn. He afserward took charge of female
seminary at Geneva, N. Y, and later on re-
sided in Stamford, where he devoted the re-
naming years of his life to literary pursuits
The we'll known firm of Burgess & Bur-
CESS are having an unprecedented call for
those Knox silk hats of New York and Knox
Derby hats, and for those newly imported
English hats. The firm carry big stock of
hats of all grades and all prices to suit all.
The ladies also are now having seal sacques
made by the firm to order, selecting the fur
they prefer.
Railroad Commissioner George III. Wood
ruff had the other commissioners at his
house as guests on Tuesday evening. It
seems that the removal of the twenty-five
grade crossings has cost in all a little over
100000, of which amount on an average
one-ffth, or 100000, has been paid by the
towns, instead of one-half as asserted by sew
eral newspapers.-Waterbu American.
The Carriage Builders National association
holds its annual convention next week in
Wizards Hotel, Washington, D. G. The
session lasts three days, opening on Tuesday.
A very successful and large convention is
expected. The president is Glenn Stude-
hacker, of Chicago. The executive COM
nittee meet on Monday. 1t is composed as
follows: Three-year members, ex-President
H. G. Mclean of Wilmington, Del, c. D.
Firestone of Columbus, O., Milo D. futile of
New Haven; two-year members, Lowe EN-
erson, John A. Scott and F. D. Suydam; one
year, D. M. Lechler of Cincinnati, F. A.
Babcock of Amesbury, Mass, NJ. w. Ogden
of Newark, N. ].